The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.
Criss JamiIf a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.
Criss JamiIf the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.
Criss Jami